I remember frequently going to a Foster's Freeze on San Gabriel Boulevard in San Gabriel, when I was no more than four or five years old.
The first store of that name opened in 1940. Wasn't the Torrance Fosters Freeze used in the second Charlie's Angels movie?įoster might have introduced soft-serve ice cream to Los Angeles, but the first soft-serve machine was developed in 1938 by J.F.
This picture (undated, by Jim Melashem, in the Los Angeles Public Library collection) shows the Glendale store, across the street from the Mobil station. The Save Historic Old Torrance Association (from whom I borrowed the top picture) claims that this Fosters is the 3rd oldest in Los Angeles County, behind nearby Hawthorne's and Glendale's. If store #23 opened only a year later, either soft-serve cones were addictive or business start-ups cost a lot less in those days. in Inglewood, introducing the world to soft-serve cones. According to the company website, George Foster opened the first Foster's Freeze opened in 1946, on La Brea Ave. The place actually opened in 1947, as store #23 of the Foster's Freeze chain. Especially since, as the Breeze revealed, a demolition permit was issued only a month ago at the property owners' request, but was quickly rescinded. Where does that leave South Bay residents who crave an occasional orange freeze? Well, the new proprietor says nothing will change, and that's good. The Daily Breeze ran a story about the Foster's Freeze in old Torrance-the Baldwin family that bought the place in the mid 70s is retiring.
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